On one side of the cathedral in Segovia there are a number of statues of lions. What struck me as strange the first time I saw them was that they have their tongues sticking out. Sticking out quite a long way! I don’t remember seeing that in images of lions elsewhere. What’s that about? Is it because they are so hot? I was certainly hot the day I was there.
I decided to take a picture of one of them and try and figure out later why it had its tongue sticking out. But when I framed the shot I saw the blue sky filled with puffy, light, white clouds up behind the lion. Perfect! Click!
So, what does it look like now?
Maybe it’s just me, but it looks like the lion is licking the clouds – as if they are ice cream! Well, clouds are just water aren’t they? So maybe the lion is licking them because he’s hot and thirsty?
Ha! Ha!
You see, the brain loves connections. At least, the right hemisphere does. It seeks them out and when it can’t find any easily it makes some. It creates.
There’s a lesson there about creativity don’t you think?
It involves making connections……
PS Ok, having written this post I then googled lions with their tongues sticking out and it turns out its way more common than I realised! I’ll need to look more closely next time I see a statue of a lion!
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